Key statistics
Satellite CALIPSO at a glance.
Uptime
7074
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CALIPSO.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CALIPSO
International designator: 2006-016B
Object number (NORAD): 29108
Object ID (CCSDS): 29108
Country: FRANCE (FR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.063 minutes
Inclination: 98.4523 deg
SMA: 7044.182 km
Apoapsis: 667.399 km
Periapsis: 664.694 km
RAAN: 252.7105 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00019198
Argument of periapsis: 88.5673 deg
Mean anomaly: 271.575 deg
Mean motion: 14.68442436 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001412 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00025292313 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CALIPSO
TLE line 1: 1 29108U 06016B 25251.57090476 .00001412 00000-0 25292-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 29108 98.4523 252.7105 0001920 88.5673 271.5750 14.68442436 31715
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CALIPSO.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
CloudSat is a satellite which uses millimeter-wavelength radar to measure the altitude and properties of clouds. Advanced cloud-profiling radar gathers information on the vertical structure of highly dynamic cloud systems. This new information provides the first global measurements of cloud properties that will help scientists compile a database of cloud measurements to improve how clouds are represented in global climate and numerical weather prediction models.
CALIPSO was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta 7420-10C | Cloudsat’, on board a Delta 7420-10C space rocket.
The launch took place on April 28, 2006, 10:02 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta 7420-10C | Cloudsat
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 28, 2006, 10:02 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta 7420-10C
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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